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advert
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun advert has 1 sense
- advert(n = noun.communication) ad, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing - a public promotion of some product or service; Array has particulars: direct mail, preview, prevue, trailer, advertorial, mailer, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, commercial, commercial message, bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway, teaser, top billing
is a kind of packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity
Verb advert has 3 senses
- advert(v = verb.perception) attend, give ear, hang, pay heed - give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" is one way to listen
- advert(v = verb.communication) allude, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" is one way to hint, suggest
- advert(v = verb.communication) bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" is one way to have in mind, mean, think of
Derived forms noun advertence1, noun advertency1, adjective advertent1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
advert, v. i. [L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See Advertise.].
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. [1913 Webster]
"I may again advert to the distinction."
[1913 Webster]
Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See Refer.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
advert, n. Brit. colloq. an advertisement.
advert, v.intr. (foll. by to) literary refer in speaking or writing.
Etymology
ME f. OF avertir f. L advertere: see ADVERSE
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